Unique Elements Historical Context Detailed 18th Century Historical Outline A Classic American Gothic Fiction by Charles Brockden BrownWieland by American author Charles Brockden Brown is a book of literary fiction first published in 1798 in the United States. He is the first American Gothic novelist who then inspired other early American authors like Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne in gothic romance literature.Sneak PeakIdeas exist in our minds that can be accounted for by no establishe...